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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15 



vines, to kill the buss. It is also used as a kerosene 

 sprayer on cattle to keep off flies. They are so cheap 

 that you .'-hould have several, each loaded with the 

 different mixtures needed for various purposes. We 

 have some 20 to .30 dozen, which we offer, to close out, 

 at 27 cts. etich; three for 1f> cts.; $2.50 per dozen, made 

 all of tin. With galvaniz^d iron tank. 35 cts. each; 

 three for .i>l 00; $3.50 per dozen. We could not replace 

 thih stock to sell at these prices. Some of our deal- 

 ers also have a supply on hand. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



CRIMSON CLOVER, DWARF ESSEX RAPE, ETC. 



Now is the time to sow crimson clover— the quicker 

 the better. It may winter all right if you do not get 

 it in the around before August; but the last of July 

 or the fore part of August may be better. A little 

 further south it gets root enough, even when sown in 

 September and October; and we have hart pretty fair 

 success with it when sown iii corn the last time it 

 was cultivated. One of our exchanges suggests that 

 you can put in dwarf Essex rape at the same time. 

 Rape will furnish feed in the fall, and the crimson 

 clover may be fed in the spring, and both will benefit 

 the ground when plowed urderin the spring. 



We have a good article of crimson clover which we 

 can furnish at the following prices: Bushel, $4.50; 

 half-bushel, $,'.40; peck, $1.25; 1 lb., 10 cts.; by mail, "20 

 cts ; 3 lbs. by mail, 50 cts. 



From 8 to 15 lbs. of .«eed are needed per acre. On 

 our enriched underdrained ground we have never had 

 it fail to winter over when sown reasonably early. 



For price of dwarf Essex rape, see page 858. June 

 15 A leaflet on either crimson clover or dwarf Essex 

 rape will be mailed free on application. 



STAINLESS-FLAG SUNDAY; THE DEMAND FOR COPIES 

 OF THE "STAINLESS FLAG," ETC. 



When I agreed to furnish 100.000 copies of the Stain- 

 less Flag provided the Anti-saloon League would 

 agree to distribute them in such a way that they 

 would be read and used, I was a little fearful that the 

 general interest would not be great enough to take 

 care of so many. The outcome, however, has proven 

 to be one of my " happy surv)rises." Just as soon as 

 the last journal was out. applications began to come 

 in. Very few asked for only one copy. Some wanted 

 five copies, some ten. One man said he could proba- 

 bly distribute fifty copies where they would be read 

 and do good. A little later on, one wanted 500 copies, 

 and now one good brother who is superintendent of 

 the Anti-saloon League in a large city thinks he can 

 use 1000. In fact, the demand was so great that the 

 friends will have to wHit till more are printed. Just 

 now we are sending out single copies only, and I hope 

 you will understand that your orders for the remain- 

 der will be taken care of as soon as we can get the 

 pamphlets. Wayne B. Wheeler, the Ohio superinten- 

 dent who has the matter in charge, wishes us to state 

 that you should each apply to your own State super- 

 intendent of the Anti-saloon League. Each State is 

 supposed to furnish the " Stainless Flag " pamphlets; 

 therefore when you order a number of copies, say 

 more than five or ten. apply to your State superinten- 

 dent instead of us. I am not able just now to give you 

 the addresses of the different State superintendents, 

 but I think you can find out by a Jittle inquiry. 



I will try to furnish, in our ricxt, issue, the address- 

 es of the superintenaents in all the difl>^rent States. 



On 5 or more copies I think we shall have to ask 

 applicants to stand postage or express, 



THK CONSTRUCTION OF MACADAM ROADS. 



The ubc.ve is the title of a new bulletin. No 29, just 

 from the Deiiartment of Agriculture. It is clear up 

 to date; and il studied and followed it ought to be the 

 means of .saving lair nation thousands of dollars by 

 telling us just how to spend our time and money in 

 perf. ctitig beautiful and substantial roads throughout 

 our Country. I was particularly interested in the sub- 

 ject of drainage, ai d that is almost the first thing to 

 be considered in making any sort of road. We are 

 told that bridge.s and culverts should always be con- 

 structed under the direcii.m of a careful and compe- 

 tent engineer. There are two extremes in this matter 

 of sluiceways and culverts One extreme is to have 



them so small that they can not carry off the water. 

 The other extreme is going to too great an expense 

 where only a small outlay is needed. And this latter 

 extreme is where the graft business gets in. It is bad 

 to make a culvert that can not carry off the water, 

 or gets smashed by the traffic over it in just a short 

 time; and it is also bad to put in expensive iron sluice- 

 ways when a comparatively small tile or sewer-pipe 

 would do the work. We have some very good 

 stone roads in our locality; but so far they have cost 

 about a half more than the engineer's estimates; and 

 after they were made, some of them almost went to 

 ruin because they were not properly cared for. This 

 bulletin says the maintenance of a macadam road 

 should begin on the day the road is completed. Too 

 much emphasis can not well be put on this point. 

 It is tremendously expensive to have puddles of 

 water standing for davs and weeks in any kind of 

 road. The increasing number of automobiles is con- 

 stantly making necessary better roads; and the swift- 

 ly moving cars, we shall have to confess, are doing 

 a considerable amount of damage to good roads by 

 Viicking up the loose sand and dust and having it blown 

 oft' in the fields. It seems that coal tar, oil, and as- 

 phaltum will have to be used to preserve a nice smooth 

 road. 



This bulletin is well illustrated, and contains re- 

 ports from different States that have made big head- 

 way in making good roads; and it also gives us some 

 very careful estimates as to the cost, etc. So far as I 

 car learn, this bulletin is sent free on application to 

 the Department of Agriculture, Washington. 



■n^ATCH AND SEE US GROW;" THE INDIAN RUNNER 

 DUCKS. 



They are just six weeks old to-day, July 12, and one 

 of them weighs almost four pounds. I could not get 

 his exact weight, because he made such a lively kick- 

 ing. My method of feeding may have had something 

 to do with their rimarkable growth. Their feed is 

 ground corn and oats or chop, such as we use for 

 horses. This is mixed with skim milk or sour mik. 

 I give them just what they will eat up clean and no 

 more, and feed thena only when they get hungry 

 enough to come up and tease for their rations. Dur- 

 ing rainy weather, when they can find plenty of an- 

 gleworms and insects, they do not seem to care much 

 for their feed; but at other times they come around 

 for it about tnree times a day. When the chopped 

 feed is wet up with water it does not seem to sustain 

 them as long as when it is wet up with milk. With 

 the milk they do very well on two feeds a day. When 

 there is no milk, however, it takes about three feeds. 



Convention Notice. 



PROGRAM OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF 

 THE TEXAS BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION, COL- 

 LEGE STATION, TEXAS, JULY 23-25. 



The annual address by the President. 

 Reading of the minutes of last meeting. 

 Report of the Secretary. 

 Business of the association. 

 Discussions. 



1. Making hives at home; some facts and figures, ty 

 O. P. Hyde, Floresville. 



2. Why I prefer the shallow divisible hives and su- 

 pers throughout, over deeper ones, by Louis H, Scholl, 

 New Braunfels. 



3. Some short cuts in running a large number of 

 out-yards, by W. O. Victor, Hondo. 



4. Are the Holy Land and Cyprian bees an all- 

 purpose bee for the average bee-keeper ? by W. H. 

 Laws, Beeville. 



5. Baby or large nuclei. Which are in most exten- 

 sive use. and why ? by Willie Atchley, Beeville. 



'6. Bee-keepers' exhibits at fairs and as an adver- 

 tising medium, by C. S. Phillips. Waco. 



7. The pure-food laws and honey prices for Texas 

 bee-keepers, by Udo Toepperwein, San Antonio. 



8. How are the funds appropriated for foul-brood 

 inspection used 'i by A. F. Conradi, College Station. 



The question-box is again to be one of the main 

 features of the program, in which all bee-keepers 

 present may talt^e part and ask such questions that 

 are of interest to therh. A large attendance is ex- 

 pected. There will be a low rate of one cent a mile, 

 round trip, to College this year. 

 Louis H. .«choll. Secy and Treas., W. O. Victor, 

 New Braunfels, Texas. Com. on Prog. 



